Trump to host Thai junta chief at White House next week

US President Donald Trump will host Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha at the White House next Tuesday, in a personal coup for a Thai autocrat who was shunned by Barack Obama’s administration for his regime’s poor rights record. Ties between the long-time allies were strained by Prayut’s 2014 coup, which ushered in Thailand’s most authoritarian